The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-12
struegIIng on a Street Car.

Struggling on a Street Car.
Last night, crowd of about 800 people as
sembled in front of the store formerly kent
by Engell was harangued by brother of the
doomed man. A patrol wagon with dozen
policemen, cleared the place, and pushed
Engell into the store and made him lock the
place, and put out the lights.
At 230 this afternoon two Anarchists.
giving the names of Charles Loberstein and
Gustav Hams were arrested ON the front
platform of Randolph street car They
were talking very loud and threatening
what they were going to do tonight to get
seven for the death of their friends and the
friends of laboring men," The passengers
became frightened and many got out before
the car crossed the bridge. AT the corner of
Canal street, Officer Smith was signalled by
the conductor. Jumping upon the car he
undertook to arrest the men. Loberstein
caught the officer by the throat and made an
effort to get possession of his revolver. An
exciting struggle followed in which many
citizens joined. The two men were at
length overpOwered and taken to the Des-
? aines street station. Their companions es-
capped. They gave the ages of 3S and s27 re-
0pectively. The men wore Grape on their
hats. Officer Smith was wounded in the
Haymarket riots last spring.
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be heavily charged were found in an omni-
bus which runs between the Union Depot
and Lincoln Park. The bombs were of gas
pipe, ten inches long. They were taken to
the Desplaines street station.
Excited by AN Arrest.
The police had strict orders not to allow
crowds to congrsgate, and the people who
walked along the streets leading to the Jail
were kept moving 1t was good-natured,
well dressed and orderly crowd. At 10
o'clock fully 10,cco persons surrounded the
police. The moment the trap fell and the
word reached outside, several incidents oc-
CURED to throw 1.-THE crowded streets into
scene of the widest excitement. First an
East Chicago Avenue wagon, with its gong
in full play and the horses at break-neck
gallop, dashed down Clark street. Cries of
fire were raised, and the crowd, dividing at
the middle Of the street, rushed with crush
ing force upon the walks. Through this
uncertain passage the wagon flew. At the
corner of Kinzie street it encountered a mass
of struggling beings that could not give way.
In the centre of the multituds half dozen
policemen were struggling with prisoner
exit The prisoner had attracted atten-
tion by his loud insurrectionary re-
marks, delivered from the curb at
the corner of Clark and Kinzie streets.
Officer Garrity, of the day squad. pushed
through the crowd, seized the orator by the
shoulders and showed him along, with in
structions to 'move on" The officer struck
the man across the hips with club, and the
blow gave back a sharp metallic sound. In
stantly the man wheeled around and whipped
out large revolver from his hip pocket
Officer Smith wrenched the pistol from his
hand, and administered a blow upon the
mans ear. The man was dragged to pa
troll box amid concentrating crowds, which
were swelling to tumult. The 'hurry" call
was sent in, and responded to by the patrol
wagon. AT this instant, powerful double
team of horses, drawing a heavy hide wagon
before they reached into the crowd. The
prisoner was locked up at the East Chicago
Avenue station. He gave his name as Ed
ward T,ucp of Iopansnort a frai0ht condnot